See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ญ-๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ-๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง
โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐
Sarah Bacchus Arjoon, a 56-year-old Saleswoman from Lot 755 Recht-Door-Zee, was murdered yesterday, allegedly by her husband Khemraj Arjoon, 69, who later died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was admitted under guard after ingesting a poisonous substance.
The sequence of events unfolded between 11:30 hrs and 15:30 hrs yesterday at the couple’s residence (Lot 755 Recht-Door-Zee).
The woman’s motionless body was found by her 13-year-old daughter when she got home at 15:30 hrs yesterday. The body was found lying in a pool of blood inside the bedroom. The teen also found her father gasping for breath on the bed, emitting a strong smell of poison.
A note implicating Sarah in an alleged affair was found nearby. The note was written on a piece of cardboard. Neighbours and Police were then alerted.
When Police arrived at the scene, they questioned the murder suspect (Khemraj Arjoon), who admitted to ingesting a poisonous substance, and he directed ranks to the area where he threw the bottle suspected to contain the poisonous substance.
Police also took possession of the suspected murder weapon (a knife), which was found at the scene, as well as the ‘note’.
Dr. Sonia Gray pronounced Sarah dead at the scene. Her body is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
The murder suspect died last night at the West Demerara Regional Hospital while receiving medical treatment.
